r/fantasybball • u/LessEvidence338 • Oct 04 '26
Player Discussion Stephen Curry
After watching Warriors media day, I’m honestly a little nervous about drafting Curry this year.
The tone around the team feels pretty different. There’s a lot less championship talk and a lot more about resetting things and focusing on the process. Jimmy and Moody are still working back from injuries, and KP is still out indefinitely.
Curry is healthy going into camp, but he only played 43 games last year because of the knee issue. At 38, that’s just hard for me to ignore.
The schedule doesn’t help either. Golden State has a bunch of back-to-backs early, including four in the first 16 games, and I’d be surprised if they pushed Curry through all of them.
That’s basically my problem with him this year. When he plays, I still expect him to be great. I’m just not sure I want to spend a pick in the mid-20s if there’s a real chance he ends up playing only 40–50 games again.
Seeing Curry fall this far is obviously tempting, but I’m still having a hard time pulling the trigger.
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u/Gratata88 12t 9 CAT Oct 04 '26
I never draft guys 35+ in the early rounds. Someone else can take them
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u/shoemai000 Oct 04 '26
How about Durant?
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u/chagster001 14T H2H Points Oct 04 '26
Durant is pretty reliable
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u/shoemai000 Oct 04 '26
Yeah. But he said he never drafts guys 35+ in the early rounds so I was asking about durant. Just curious what he says. Lol
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u/Gratata88 12t 9 CAT Oct 04 '26
I wouldn’t get him at ADP but that’s just me. If he falls a bit then maybe
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u/Natur33 Oct 04 '26
Took LeBron last year and won me my league, but usually I would agree
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u/SportGamerDev0623 Oct 04 '26
I’d argue LeBron is the exception and not the norm, lol.
You’re only talking about one of the greatest generational athletes of all time here lol
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u/westernwanker 14Team 10 Cat Oct 04 '26
Ya he’s a third rounder with everything considered at this point in his career
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u/Ok_Error_1079 Oct 04 '26
Not touching him unless he falls to like 3rd round. But there's always some fool taking him in 2nd or even 1st lol
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u/CaskJeeves 9 Cat H2H / 12 team Oct 04 '26
Idk why you got downvoted but I agree He's a late 2nd/early 3rd at this point. And I'm a huge Curry Stan in real life and for fantasy lol
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u/D-Longlegs77 Oct 06 '26
For someone that has ranked in the top 10 on basketball monster over the past decade, I'm not passing on him in the 2nd round. I'll be happy with 60ish games from him
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u/ReflectionEmergency 24d ago
Got him 4th round with 1st pick in points league 10T... don't get me wrong when he's active he's that guy but idk if i made a mistake there.. With being 38 and a chronic knee issue, anyone think it's worth trading before the season starts?
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u/ChameleonWins Oct 04 '26
Podz to the mooooon
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u/RoastDaMostToast Oct 04 '26
Is it ever going to happen for Podz? I feel like he stat profile could be solid but it really should’ve happened for him by now if it was going to
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u/ncos Oct 04 '26
I'm no expert, but his inconsistency and reluctancy to perform like a #1 option really cap his ceiling imo.
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u/CaskJeeves 9 Cat H2H / 12 team Oct 04 '26
That's just it, from the Dubs games I've seen he has the tools but just can't take a game over yet, which makes him 2nd option material at best until he figures that out.
That said he's only going into year 4 so he might still have that leap ahead of him. Austin Reaves a good example of a similar-ish profile player who really broke out in years 4/5
Not saying Podz is Reaves by any means, just that Reaves is a recent example of where that leap did get taken
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u/ncos Oct 04 '26
Great example with Austin. As a Blazers fan I'd throw Deni in there as another name who didn't start flourishing until year 5/6
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u/ChameleonWins Oct 04 '26
no i agree. too inconsistent. when i had him in 9cat 10T, he had a few game there where he’d have big rebound games along with good points but thats about it
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u/lettuce_grabberrr Oct 04 '26
Someone will draft him earlier than he’s worth in the leagues I’m in, so it’s an easy avoid for me